director of the millennium

"Ah?" Li Xiaoping was a little confused.

Is Director Wu making way for "The Wandering Earth"?
Wu Yuan, who is invincible in China, is actually afraid of a sci-fi film directed by a new director and wants to temporarily avoid the limelight? ? ?
Isn't today April Fool's Day?

In Li Xiaoping's opinion, Wu Yuan's new film basically does not have to worry about any schedule conflicts, unless it collides with a very few directors, such as Stephen Chow's movies. Apart from that, he will not be afraid of competition from any other movies at the same time.

After all, Wu Yuan is the only major domestic director whose films are still a big hit at the international box office.

But this time Wu Yuan first decided to set the release date for the Spring Festival, but after remembering that "The Wandering Earth" would also be released during the Spring Festival, he seemed to not want to release it at the same time as this movie, which surprised Li Xiaoping.

When will a youth film director who transforms into making science fiction films become a threat to Wu Yuan, the only major science fiction director in the country?
However, "The Wandering Earth" now also has investment from Guangying Times. Li Xiaoping also hopes from the bottom of her heart that the box office of this movie can be high. It would be best if family members don't fight against each other.

But Li Xiaoping still said: "Several movies have been scheduled for this year's Spring Festival, including Stephen Chow's "The New King of Comedy", Han Han's "Flying Life", and Cheng Long's "Detective Pu Songling."

"Among them, The New King of Comedy is the most threatening. After all, Stephen Chow's previous work The Mermaid has a huge influence. If we want to maximize profits, staggering the release of Monkey King during the Spring Festival is also a good choice."

Yes, in Li Xiaoping's opinion, if "The Monkey King" were to withdraw from the competition for the Spring Festival, the only reason would be the threat from "The New King of Comedy".

This is Stephen Chow's new movie after "The Mermaid", and it is also the sequel to the IP "The King of Comedy". To be honest, before the movie was released, everyone in the industry regarded this movie as a big threat, and some even thought that this movie might be the champion of this year's Spring Festival.

Isn’t it normal for Stephen Chow to recreate the glory of "The Mermaid"?

As for his competitors Han Han and Guo Fan, can they really defeat Stephen Chow?
(Crazy Alien has not yet been scheduled.)
If Wu Yuan joins the competition during the Spring Festival, although Li Xiaoping does not think that Wu Yuan will lose, she does think that "The New King of Comedy" is the only work that poses a threat.

Wu Yuan didn't think so. He sighed regretfully, "The New King of Comedy won't work. It's rare to find someone who can succeed by rehashing something old."

"What a pity! It would be better if The Wandering Earth could be released at a later date instead of during the Spring Festival."

However, on second thought, if "The Wandering Earth" had not become popular during the Spring Festival when everyone is on vacation, it would probably not have achieved such excellent box office results.

After all, if it were on other days, even if "The Wandering Earth" could still rely on word of mouth to become popular, the audience would not have so much time to go to the cinema to watch a science fiction film. The success of "The Wandering Earth" is inseparable from the Spring Festival period.

But, the box office was more than 46 billion.

If "The Monkey King" were to compete with "The Wandering Earth" during the Spring Festival, it would obviously be a lose-lose situation for both sides.

No matter how great Wu Yuan’s appeal is, or how good “The Monkey King” is, it cannot overshadow the excellence of “The Wandering Earth” itself.

Putting two equally excellent movies together will definitely not be as good as if they were shown separately.

After thinking it over, Wu Yuan said, "I'll move it up."

"The Wandering Earth is scheduled to be released on February 2, right?"

“Then let’s schedule the release date of The Monkey King for the end of December.”

"It will be released on December 12th, which can be considered a Lunar New Year holiday."

"This way there will be a full month of box office window, which is enough."

If I remember correctly, there were indeed no outstanding movies in the Lunar New Year movie season in December 2018. The only one with good reputation and box office performance was "White Snake: Origin", but this is just an animated film and is not in the same field as "The Monkey King".

As for the "The Last Night on Earth" which was purely a marketing gimmick, it is not worth mentioning. In the whole December, apart from "Time Travel" scheduled by Light and Shadow Times, there are only a bunch of art films.

As for January 2019, there is even less pressure. Everyone is eyeing the Spring Festival period, and the big movies are all scheduled to be released on the first day of the Lunar New Year, February 1. January is indeed a good window period.

"I understand. Then let's set it for December 12th." Li Xiaoping nodded and agreed. The release dates of Wu Yuan's films have always been decided by him, and the company has no say in this.

"That's settled for now. The preview trailer can also be prepared for release." Wu Yuan said with a smile.

When he was doing the post-production of the film, he naturally also cut out several versions of the trailer and prepared them for promotion. These are all basic operations.

"understand!"

A week later, on November 2018, 11, a very ordinary day, a new video blog post was suddenly released on the official Weibo of Light and Shadow Era.

At the same time, the Douyin account, Toutiao account and other platforms of Guangying Era also simultaneously launched the preview trailer of "The Monkey King".

The water army companies that had been prepared long ago immediately pushed the number of views, comments, and likes of these videos to the highest point, topping the popular lists of major platforms.

Some big Vs in the Internet water army who have a good cooperative relationship with Guangying Times immediately released the prepared press releases on the Internet.

Countless netizens who have just woken up and are getting ready for the day, or are eating breakfast or going to the toilet, can see this preview trailer of "The Monkey King" by simply swiping their social software.

"Director Wu Yuan's latest Chinese masterpiece, the new work of the Xianxia movie universe in the era of light and shadow, "The Monkey King", is coming!"

“A shocking scene, wielding the golden hoop – The Monkey King is on the rise again!”

"The Xianxia movie universe of the era of light and shadow has added another masterpiece, directed by Wu Yuan himself, the birth of a modern version of the Monkey King - "The Monkey King"!"

Accompanied by various exaggerated and eye-catching headlines, a preview trailer of less than 2 minutes went viral on the Internet.

The trailer begins with a scene in which a gorgeous and stunning golden hoop majestically falls from the sky above a heavenly palace that is surrounded by clouds and mist and looks like a fairyland. Just when the golden hoop is about to hit the palace, the scene suddenly changes, and the camera overlooks a modern metropolis and then zooms in to a zoo.

The male protagonist played by Zhang Yishan, wearing a somewhat shoddy "Monkey King" cosplay costume, stood next to the feed bucket, feeding the group of monkeys in front of him with a smile on his face. While feeding, he was also imitating the movements of the monkeys.

Behind him, a figure with his back to the camera is bending over and sweeping the floor, with half of his profile vaguely visible.

"Xiao Sun, bring me the monkey stick I put in the warehouse."

"okay!"

An ordinary-looking wooden stick, like a mop handle, was dug out by Zhang Yishan from a dusty warehouse.

The camera slowly zoomed in on the stick. A golden light suddenly flashed on the wooden stick that looked ordinary and even covered with dust. The dust on the stick seemed to be stimulated and fell off, revealing a golden light.

Just as the golden light was about to go out, the picture stopped abruptly. The camera turned again and looked towards the sky. A monster with wings on its back, a bird's head and a human body, was rushing towards them from a distance, accompanied by layers of dark clouds and lightning.

There was a gust of wind and clouds in the sky, followed by lightning and thunder, and then the scene returned to calm, leaving only a line of large golden regular script characters.

"December 12th - The golden monkey raised his thousand-pound stick, and the sky cleared of dust!" (End of this chapter)